ASIAN PARA GAMES GUANGZHOU 2010 – COMPETITIONS FOR BLIND ATHLETES IN FULL SWING
 The Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China, are well underway and blind and partially sighted athletes are competing for medals in a variety of sports.
Athletes with disabilities from all over Asia are taking part in this major event, which follows on from the recent Asian Games in the same city and uses the same organisational structure and sports facilities.
Blind and partially sighted athletes are competing in seven of the nineteen sports on offer: athletics, swimming, judo, ten-pin bowling, cycling, five-a-side football (futsal) and goalball.
The programmes for athletics, swimming, ten-pin bowling and cycling include specific events for the visually impaired in a multi-disability programme, while judo, goalball and football five-a-side are exclusively for VI athletes.
The goalball tournament features competitions for men’s and women’s teams. There are nine teams in the men’s competition (China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan and Thailand) and five women’s teams entered (China, Iran, Japan, Korea and Laos).
Click here for goalball results and news on the official championships web site.
Fourteen countries in total have entered athletes in judo: China, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Fifty male judokas and seventeen women are competing for medals in the different weight categories.
Click here for judo results and news on the official championships web site.
Five men’s teams are in the football five-a-side (blind futsal) competition: China, Japan, Korea, Iran and Thailand. The Thai team is making its debut at an international event.
Click here for blind futsal results and news on the official championships web site.
For ten-pin bowling results and news, click here.
For athletics results and news, click here.
For swimming results and news, click here.
For road cycling results and news, click here.
For track cycling results and news, click here.
Forty-one countries are taking part in the games. Click here to go to the Asian Para Games Guangzhou 2010 home page.
16/12/2010
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